LASTLEGAR NEWS October 24, 1979 Libraries not put to good use Books have the answers By FRED MERRIMAN Did vou know that Adolph Hitler was supposed to have exterminated six millian men, women and children because he was spurned by Jewish teenagers when he himself was a boy? : ’ Did you know that the sun dumps more energy on earth in 40 minutes that fall man’s total energy requirements for one year? ; Do you know exactly how far a basketball hoop Is from the floor? Who Is ‘Thoreau? Why are we here and who are we? If you have any q' i about any i, y or If there Is lany experience you would like to explore from the nobiest to the most degrading, vou will probably find some book in some library which will open any door you wish, : Some of you may find it Interesting to know that libraries in distant places like Castlegar, Trail and Nelson are just one step r d from Robson woman becomes fully ordained Following a two-month pilgrimage to Sri Lanka, a Robson woman, Nadya (Nad- alan) Woodrow, has returned to her tome wearing the robes of a fully ordained © ; Buddhist nun. The ordination took place Oct. 3 at Kanduboda, Sri Lanka and was carried out in the Therevada tradi- tion by the Venerable K. Seevali Thera. category. j It was not long ago that the one and only copy of McLean's Magazine was ““gut on loan’ at the Nelson Library. The Trail Library does not have a Reader's Gulde to Periodical Literature which is the equivalent of saying nobody knows what we mean by the Dewey Decimal System of library cataloguing. i | feel sorry for the part-time librarians and their helpless leaders, library boards, throughout the hinterlands of British Columbia. Two very nice and hard-working people, Zerma Alton and Amy Laycock, told me that the Trai! Library has a budget of $69,000 from which they must pay rent, salartes and a long list of basic expenses Just to get the doors open. if they have any money left over they can buy books and encyclopedias, providing they dc not duplicate any material that is presently In a school library. ° For example, Stanley Humphries Secondary School has a most up-to-date 9 ind that Is at the Castlegar Library. It was also news to me that libraries are lumped in with parks and recreation or, more loosely put, libraries are for entertainment purposes only. It Is my opinion for the wesk that we take a lesson from our high schoo! history books which told us that the first step taken by the leaders of the Renaissance was the destruction and burning of books. It seems Hitler did the same thing. In the confiscatic of Jewish property, books were the first to be burned. : Our governments are even wiser — they refuse to let us have any books In the first place, then keep the lights so low we can't read the first line of our second hand Dick and Jane primers. . If we can make it to the tibraries in the few hours they are open a day then we will find the unsung heroines of knowledge are doing their level best on shoe-string budgets. ;: You will also find many of our schools have good librarles, but | am not sure the system is designed to accommodate the general public during student hours. Even the students must clear the library at last bell. * There you have it again, all those resources, all that capital expense sitting idle and unused while custodians sweep the hall. In industry its called ‘‘down time.”' | don't know what they call it in government. Maybe our store-front libraries are trying to tell us something. s Denver silver to reopen mine Denver Silver Inc. has commenced underground work to re-activate the Molly Hughes silver and gold prop- erty at New Denver. Previous recorded pro- duction shows 839 oz. gold, 303,520 oz. silver, 38,197 lbs, lead, 34,584 Ibs. zinc. An avecege of 1/3 oz. gold, 107 oz. silver per ton on 2,828 tons shipped. The property wus worked from 1898 to 1940. to be on this 20 claim prop- erty, of Denver Silver, on Carpenter Mountain. Highest reported assay from the Molly Hughes was 2,700 oz. silver. Plans are to extend existing tunnel to in- tersect the Real Idea vein which parallels the lower Kincora vein, from which most of earlier productign was taken, : The Real Idea vein is ap- proximately 600 ft. up Car- samples from open pits on the Real Idea vein have had assays over 100 oz. silver and 1/2 oz. gold per ton. This vein has been exposed over 900 ft. Funds have been re- ceived from a financing to carry out this work. Local Directors are Mon- ty Lloyd, operation manager, R.A. Fowler and W.E. Vance. ‘The company has recent- ly been listed on the Van- W 1» Who Nadalan Photo Studio in Castlegar and Trail for sev- eral years, was given the name Sujata-Bodhi. When asked if she plan- ned to continue as a pho-, tographer, Woodrow’s reply was “No.” -“Living as a Buddhist nun in the west will be oc- cupation enough.” Woodrow, who is a cer- tified Hatha Yoga teacher, said she may hold yoga and meditation classes, but will be mainly involved in writing and holding slide-talk pro- grams for interested organ- izations. She plans to return once a year to Kanduboda for further training and study. When asked if she an- ticipated any difficulties in her new role, Woodrow stat- ed that difficulties were ES SPSS SOE often painful process." What did her family think about her decision to Buddhist mut st +ye just read a magazine article about the “abused 4 ‘ carabtr ano Jumps every time her child cracks a whip. It ae my biography. aan 4 Pthe.mother who, ihe moment her-ohtid inner, Jumps to her fee! Care ae aN { In Fer underwear, runs to the up at 3:00 In the morning ghter who works two hours " ; | was ralsed to library books for her cl citizens . . . cleared serfdom. If you're “abused parent,’’ addressing yourself to: When you ask your child to get you a glass of water, | does he or sho ask directions to the kitchen? Does he ask, “What is a kitchen?’’ . If you hid your handbag fora week, would your teenager face the wall Jn he bedroom In a foetal position and not be able to functlon? ~ Has your child ever seen unsiiced bread? The Inside of a washer? Can he make Ice cubes? Set an alarm clock? Write a thank-you note? ; The article really moved me. It got through to me so much that | posted a sign on the back door for ail to see. It read; “THIS: HOUSE 1S BEING CONVERTED TO SELF-SERVICE. THIS INCLUDES STOVES, WASH- ERS, DRYERS, BATHROOMS, AND_ TRANSPOR- TATION. IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, FORGET IT." y daughter read it and took a deep sigh. “‘Too main in Robson until her "54," she sald to her brother. ‘‘Just when we were going yeu S. Sri Lanka next 9 give Mom a cost-of-living hike In her allowance." in the West where people. are not as open-minded as they like to believe. “Of course, a shaven head and robes are not a familiar sight in the area. And people respond to me in seek “That's the second most frequently asked question. My 17-year-old son, Mark responded in a typical teen- age fashion. He stated, ‘Go ahead. It’s your trip.’ “But I must add here,” a variety of ways. y ridicule, ity, amuse- “that ter- ment and ever hate. But many are openly interested and very kind. “The question J am most " " asked, minates your life as a house- holder. If you are a married woman, you must have the full consent of your husband. led to continued is “Why did you become a nun? “This is not an easy question to answer in a few words, The answer involves not only my entire present life, but possibly many pre- vious lives. I arrived at this point through a process of mental evolution. This is where I am at. There was no sudden impulse, no religious awakening. It was a slow and ly Sri Lanka where he gave his consent to the priest that would ordain me. He attend- ed the ceremony and then travelled on alone. “The amusing thing is that Westerners are usually hotrified at this point. But marriages are terminated at a very rapid rate in this country, and generally for lesser reasons.” We have OVER 1200 WINTER TIRES In Stock... We MUST Have One For You! Priced from 19.95 each Remember - once we stort putting the tires enyour car - they'll be installed within 15 minutes! That's why we're called the MINUTEMEN. ge TIRE STORES (Castlegar) Ltd. f . 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